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Medtronic’s new direct aortic approach to TAVI wins European approval

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:15:32

European regulators have approved the delivery of Medtronic‘s CoreValve System using a new direct aortic approach in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a less-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for aortic valve replacement, but some patients are unsuited for the procedure because they have small vessels. The newly CE Marked direct [...]

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Breast implant problems can be stopped with conscientious doctors

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:43:43

This year began with a breast implant scandal. This one has brought back memories of the one early in my private practice. The current one involves the PIP-branded breast implants produced by the French company Poly Implant Prothese and rebranded by the Dutch company Rofil as Rofil M-implants breast implants. The first one involved silicone implants made by American companies including Dow Corning who no longer makes breast implants. The picture of 3 implants includes: top -- an old McGhan double lumen (silicone gel implant surrounded by a saline implant); bottom left – Dow Corning textured silicone implant; and bottom right – Dow Corning smooth silicone implant. Dow Corning has not made breast implants since approximately 1992.

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Freedom Meditech submits 510(k) for disease-detection eye scanner

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:23:53

Freedom Meditech has submitted a 510(k) application for regulatory clearance of its medical device that can be used to detect chronic disease. The company’s ClearPath DS-120 Lens Fluorescence Biomicroscope noninvasively scans the eye to identify patients with signs of degenerative changes in the lens of the eye, according to a statement from San Diego-based Freedom Meditech, [...]

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Tourney Time schedule/results: 2/22

(NEWS CENTER)-- Here is the Tourney Time schedule/results page for games played on Wednesday, February 22nd:

7:35 PM, Feb 22, 2012

Man injured while working at Old Town hydro dam

OLD TOWN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A man had to rescued in the city Wednesday morning after he was injured while working on the hydro electric dam that sits in the Penobscot River.

7:09 PM, Feb 22, 2012

Kids found tied to bed in home of 21 people

DAYTON, Texas (KPRC) - Eleven children are in foster care after investigators said they were found living in a Dayton, Texas home with a total of 21 people.

4:09 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Sinking tugboat rescued in Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, NH (NEWS CENTER) -- Emergency crews were called to the Memorial Bridge just before 2 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a tugboat taking on water.

11:20 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Busy Weather Pattern in Place

We've all hopped aboard a busy weather pattern folks; hold on tight!  After our light snow this morning and some breaks of sun this afternoon, expect increasing cloud cover for tonight as an area of low pressure approaches from the west....(Click on the weather headline posted above for more on the weather story.)

4:31 PM, Feb 22, 2012

AT&T service restored to Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - AT&T says an outage that was affecting customers in Maine has now been resolved.

3:56 PM, Feb 22, 2012

Tourney Time schedule/results: 2/21

(NEWS CENTER)-- Here is the Tourney Time schedule/results page for games played on Tuesday, February 21st:

12:09 AM, Feb 22, 2012

The Real Basketball Moms of Aroostook County

You'd know a basketball mom when you see one: usually wearing a hand-painted tee shirt, branded with her kid's number, cheering the loudest and proudest from the stands.

7:25 PM, Feb 20, 2012

More friction at Housing Authority meeting

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - There were more tough words today at the Maine State Housing Authority-as the board members appointed by Governor Paul LePage continued to criticize the agency and its executive director for allegedly lavish spending.

6:46 PM, Feb 21, 2012
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